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I saw this being discussed on the Cooper/St Henry thread. Yes, voting was done this past weekend. I heard from a good source what a couple were and was somewhat but not completely surprised. I believe they will be formally announced at or after Regional finals.

As part of FC Cincinnati's effort to support Breast Cancer awareness they are sponsoring a fund raiser on October 18th where players get to show off their juggling skills and raise money and awareness for Breast Cancer. The advert I saw on this looks to include 2 NKY HS players. Kudos to those boys for showing skill and helping support a worthy cause.

Been reading this thread with slightly varied point of few. I go back to this list for a reason I'll point out. I've observed the following teams and number of games. NOTE: Only listed teams with player being considered on this thread of late. (TOP 3-4). Other teams were observer at least once (e.g. NCC, BP, WV, Boone, SK, HC) Scott 2, HHS 2 BB 1, CCH 3, STH 3, Conner 1, Cooper 2, Ryle 2 I think multiple interesting points are brought up for opinion on OPOY almost all of which are based stats. Although the primary consideration, I personally don't rely solely on that to form my personal opinion. There are also stats/facts being left out. For example, subtract goal count per PK scored or apply a weight to those. You could also apply weights to unassisted versus assisted goal or you could apply more stats that you see the professionals applying when they are evaluating talent such as # of touches per game. # of pass attempts divided by # of passes made (goes to accuracy), the list goes on (refer to internet for past EPL game reports of retired players you will get a better sense of what EPL coaches measure performance on. Additionally, those that are fully aware of the game and see it beyond stats take into account how players play off the ball (e.g. runs they make to open space for others, mins on ball defending/attempting to gain possession, many others). The same holds true DPOY although less measurable stats are available but do exist not yet mentioned such as number of take aways, # of headers won, number of shots on goal blocked, etc) as well as with OPOY there are less measurable defensive points of evaluation such as # of times caught on wrong side of opposing player, communication with rest of back line (e.g calling out marks). Now, applying both the list and the more in-depth criteria (although admittedly very subjective), I think the list above is pretty close but I would put one key twist to the whole discussion. Along with OPOY and DPOY I would add a third recognition something like OAPOY (Overall Player Of the Year). Sort of like MVP in which you take the sum total of both offensive as well as defensive criteria and applying both stats discussed and additional criteria I raised. Players that are applying skill and effort on both sides of the ball and being an impact player throughout the game and not just in one aspect of it. IMHO I would have the following ranking. OPYO 1) SNOW 2) MORGAN 3) WEND 4) SANDERS/LITZLER DPYO 1) DARPEL 2) ROE 3) GESENHUES GK 1) SEAN 2) BIDEL 3) ROMES 4) ESPINOZA *Looked at stats but some additional criteria such as playing ball out of back with accuracy, coming offline at distance at the right time (e.g. long balls played over back line), quality of punts and goal kicks, etc. OAPOY 1) DAY 2) SNOW 3) Probably a 3-4 way tie with some names not mentioned such #12 from WV(sorry don't recall name but very quick and although undersized plays hard on both sides of ball with skill, ROE (the other one; hustles up and down, very heady, involves others), along with some mentioned such as WESSELS. Although Day has shown the skill to play offensively and has put up some numbers I just don't see him in the running for top 4-5 pure OPOY. That of course is not a slam on the kid but it's based on observing that he picks his times to take over offensively and looks to manage the game for his team. That said, seeing him play both sides of the ball from goal line to goal line, being able to take on opposing team's best defenders while also being able to equally defend the opposing teams best offensive attacker with equal quality and technique and the calmness he plays with providing his team with stability when most HS games I see (both sides of the river) are played at frenetic passes (think chickens with their heads cut off and running into walls) that are painful at times to watch, I think the level of his play across the board puts him ahead of some other very quality players. The thing about opinions is that they really only matter to the ones making them. All these young men mentioned as we well as the many other quality players in NKY should not mentioned should all be applauded for their efforts this year. Hope to see some of them play in a few regional matches. Best of luck to all the teams going into post season. I hope they finish out there last week safely and gear up for post season.

A bit early but looking to see what the dates for district and regional games are. I'm not that in tuned with how KHSAA runs post season and it seems I recall finding it hard last year trying to find some form of a bracket posted for matchups. I haven't seen anything posted on KHSAA outside of site plans in regards to post season play. Jut looking for dates of district and regional of course at this time. Any insight would be helpful. OHHSAA have their regional through state finals bracket with date and times except for Finals. Just wondering how KHSAA handles it and when they post dates and times.

exactly, which is why refs use the term "game management". Most if not all would like the players to figure it out and in high level club team games they frankly do, for the most part. However; in high school play with such a discrepancy in the level of technical skill and soccer IQ, if play is not "tightened" for game management reasons it can get very ugly and become a safety issue very quickly. Thus one reason why calls are seemingly changed by the CR during a match, inconsistent across games or across CRs.

wrong side of the river but close.

The key point being the "ball is not in play". What most spectators don't realize is that the original call that stopped play is always the restart. In this case a foul was called and restart is the kick. Even if the attacking team subsequent to the foul being called punches a defending team and gets tossed from the game, the attacking team has the restart. From what has been described, instructions were given, which is supposed to be given if a CR involves him/herself in the restart (as apposed to allowing quick restart), to set the ball and once set it's not to be moved again. The CR turned attention to wall, depending on CR instructions to ARs the CR may walk forward with the AR monitoring ball placement or walk backwards keeping an eye on ball placement. Not sure at what point the ball was moved, where the CR was, etc but I'm assuming here that instructions were clearly given and the attacking player deliberately moved the ball which is not handling as the ball was not in play. In this case, the CR most likely cautioned the player for "Misconduct" (HS term) and specifically "unsporting conduct due for "unnecessary delay". As an aside, the CRs responsibility is to keep an eye on his/her surrounding in these dead ball situations (e.g. pushing going on in wall) and can't keep an eye on player actions and ball placement at same time. For this main reason, international play as most of us have seen the past few years, are using the temporary marking of placement both of ball and wall with the infamous white marking spray. The spray for wall marking of course is to ensure required distance is kept by defending team. Again, not being there these are all guesses and may very well be justified or not based on the specifics of the circumstances and unless you are within 10 yards of the play and hear all what was said I'd be leery of questioning the CR. ok, ref loyalty off, if the ball in fact moved on it's own due to field conditions AND the CR saw that occur then of course it will be a hard case to make for misconduct. Just happy to hear that due these events a subsequent yellow didn't come into play and have a significant impact on the results of the game.

I caught tail end of first half and all of second. I was a bit surprised by score when I arrived and was aware of the senior losses Scott had coming into the season but as stated here I think the athleticism of the CC players kept it close. However; Scott's technical abilities looked to wear them down. Morgan is a nice strong player up top of Scott and if they can find channels to slot him through balls he has the ability to hold of defenders and put strong shots on frame. I've seen him play club as an outside mid but can see him playing a good HS Forward position as they are.

I would agree but it required throwing 3 sometimes 4 defenders at him. He's a very strong, quick and technically gifted player. As I understand it talking with one of the WH parents WH was without 3 starters including starting and backup V keeper. Their keeper last night was the backup JV keeper which showed in many of those crosses into the box a few of which resulted in header goals. #45 from WH was fun to watch purely to see if his throw-ins were going to land in the back of the net with or without being touched. I think i saw him toss one from the 20 yard line that hit the top of the net. Was hoping for a more competitive game but was nice to see the tall Wessels (sp?) boy see action as I heard he was out this season so far. He adds a lot of size and ball control mad defensive mid work which will be needed with stronger teams.

I made the first half of the CCH v WHS game and happen run into his father whom I've seen reffing club games and asked about this. He's narrowing down his list but it sounds like he has about 4-5 DIs as the focus with a couple DII & DIIIs in the mix still. As three of the WHs players on his club team were out on the pitch it appeared they were doing some fun ribbing during the match. Haven't seen him play since Wisconsin but IMHO he's a good example of how a greater player can make those around him/her better. He sees the full field, knows where it needs to go the next two passes before receiving and is extremely smooth and knows when he can and should just take on defenses with the technical skill to penetrate back lines. I can see why the CCH faithful are excited about their prospects. If they can combine their athleticism with ball control at pace they should be able to advance far come end of season.

Haven't caught any NKY games yet but will next week. Wondering how the early predictions on players to watch is panning out so far any players filtering to the top from the exhaustive list thrown out so far.

chalk it up to old age and old eyes. Although an easier way to estimate is by the goal line markings. 18 yards from edge of penalty line to goal post, 8 yards post to post, 10 yards from arch to 10 yard mark (yellow hash on out side of goal line near edge of penalty box), 1 yard for corner arch, maybe add a 1 yard for distance from penalty to 10 yard hash comes to 68 yards or thereabout.

I actually meant to state 60 wide. I had heard their coach is looking to bid for Regional once the other criteria are met (e.g. lights) so if that's the case the field must be 60-80 yards wide and 110-120 long otherwise the field doesn't qualify beyond District which is has in the past.

Pretty impressive pitch/field. Pitch looks to be about 115-118 by 50 yards.

Not being a KY guy I'm curious as to how many schools by region in KY field a Varsity team and size of school as I assume the reason they don't have the state broken down by Class (1A, 2A, etc) is due to the small number of total programs or the lack of programs across all regions.

Great news to hear and well deserved from the play I saw. After seeing his team play up in Wisconsin and after speaking with a a few coaches I knew watching 2 of their games as well I believe there are 3-4 others with D1 offers on that team. Along with Devin I was informed the other NKY player in the same class with D1 offers was the Bryce Day. I was surprised to hear that Parker Kenney was not until I heard he was going to UK on an academic scholarship and may walk-on down there.

My apologizes to "house divided". Doing this from my phone and hadn't realize that post was from the semis. That too was a good match especially with the 89th minute goal to send them to finals today.

Actually, I believe the final was 2-0 unless I fell asleep at some point. just jumped in car after watching this one. Well played game by these young ladies. It was nice seeing them move the ball around and using the whole field. Entertaining battle between the KHA forward and Jaguars' center back all game. Those two ladies battled well the full 90 mins. Best of luck to them at Nationals.

Tough losses by all three local teams in semis yesterday. Caught one game each of all local boys clubs playing this weekend and was nice seeing many of boys playing top notch ball. I had only seen the u17 KHA team once at state cup and they really stepped up play this weekend with a couple of the NKY boys playing some incredible ball. The u18 CUP gold loss at semis in PKs was a heart-breaker. Great game to watch though. Unfortunately, they played the same time KHA played and only saw half of each. Looking forward to seeing some of these young men play again in a few months.

Congrats and good luck to the KHA u16 and u17s winning group play and competing in the semis as Regionals today.

As well as Luke Treadwell's CUP u18 team.

Congrats to this group of NKY players who have moved onto semis this afternoon along with the player from CUP u14. Best of luck today.

Best place for roster list is here.GotSoccer Rankings. of course you need to know the schools. you also have to dig around if you aren't sure what their teams rank is. Best to do it by state then click on team and roster is provided.

Their website looks up to date. I looked at a few other HS sites and most seem to have been updated.

The 2015 season schedules have been published. How does your team's schedule look in the up coming season?